Water-gate



' (No Model.)

P. OGDEN.

y WATER GATE. f No. 293,503.. Patented Feb. .12, 1884.

UNITED STATES 1 PAT NT QFFI E.

FLOYD OGDEN, OF 7 FISHERVILLE, KENTUCKY."

, WATER-GATE.

, SPECIFICATION formingpart a Letters Patent no. 293,503, dated February 12, 1884.

Application filed April 6, 1883. (No model.)

in the county of J efierson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to obtain a water-gate of the lightest practicable weight combined with delicately sensitive action, and a construction adapted to furnish better security against non-action caused by the accumulation of drift-wood under and upon the gate, and for the better security of inclosures against thepassage of stock in or out. In the ordinary water-gates the frame-work is pendent from a beam crossing the stream, and the weight of the structure presses constantly downward, and thus causes the gate to catch the drift-wood and arrest its further motion, thus disabling the action of the gate, forcing it to and retaining it in an abnormal position, whereby stock generally, and especially hogs and'the smaller animals, are allowed to get in and out of the inclosure.

Watergates have heretofore been made with uprights erect upon apivotal sill; and no claim The is made to that feature of construction. results desired are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a perspective view. of

a modification thereof.

The gate is formed by a series of palings, referred to by the letter F, which are attached to a transverse beam or sill, (lettered O.) This sill is provided with bent arms D, having at their ends pintles or journals marked E, by means of which the gate is hung through dead'eyes in angled standards marked A, for

, the double purpose of supporting the weight of the gate and bracing itsposition against the force of the current and moving drift-wood. The standards A are to be made, preferably, of metal. By means of the position of the journaled arms D, the gate isso hung upon the standards Athat its gravity will automatically force it back to a vertical position as soon as the pressure from the flowing water has ceased. By means of a chain, G, attached to stake H, the gate is secured against being disconnected from its bearings and washed away by a-fiood.

In the modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2 the sill is bowed, and is pro. H

vided with journals at the ends,'by which the gate is to be hung in angled standards A, which may be fixed either in the bed of the stream or attached to piers at'the sides of the stream.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. l the angled standards are to be fixed in the bed of the stream.

The sills and palings may be of any desired shape or material that may prove to be most suitable for the purpose.

Having thus explained the construction and operation of my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I A flood-gate consisting of the sill C, the

uprights F, the angular standards A, and the journals B, having bearings therein, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLOYD OGDEN. Witnesses:

LYMAN L. PARKS, W. H. RAGLAND. 

